Pictures from across Northern Ireland

Jonathan Bingham took this picture of Carrickfergus Castle on a recent visit to the County Antrim town.

Paul Lemon's picture, taken in the Mourne Mountains, shows Silent Valley Reservoir from above.

City after sleep... A Belfast dawn sky, as taken from Brian McDowell's office on the Antrim Road.

Martin Gallagher entitled this submission "Winter Sunset". It was taken on the outskirts of Strabane, County Tyrone.

A stag do County Armagh-style... These fine animals were photographed by Alan Hopps in Gosford Forest Park, Markethill.

Horses brave the elements at Murlough Nature Reserve outside Newcastle, County Down.

Perry Orr got more colours than he bargained for when he watched the sunrise at Malone in Belfast.